Calendar app help

Applies to Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1

With the Calendar app, you can see several calendars – including your work calendars – all at the same time, all in one place. To use Calendar, you'll need to sign in to your PC or the app with a Microsoft account. When you open Calendar, you'll see all events from your Microsoft account. To see events from other calendars, add the accounts to the Calendar app.

Note

If you change your time zone, you'll have to close the Calendar app and reopen it for the changes to take effect. To close the app, drag the app to the bottom of the screen and hold it there until the app flips over.

Removing an account from Calendar doesn't delete the original account or events. You'll still be able to get to them through a browser or another calendar application.

Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, then tap Settings.(If you're using a mouse, point to the bottom-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer up, then click Settings.)

Tap or click Accounts.

Tap or click the account that you want to remove.

At the bottom, tap or click Remove account.

Removing your Microsoft account (the account you use to sign in to Windows) will remove all of your accounts from Mail, Calendar and People, and you won't be able to use these apps. You might want to hide your calendar instead – you can see how to do this in the "Hide a calendar or change its colour" section further down in this article.

Delete an event

Swipe in from the bottom edge to see the application commands.(If you're using a mouse, right-click within the application.)

Tap or click New.

Enter the date, time and location of the event or meeting.

In the Who field, enter the names or email addresses of the people you'd like to invite.

If you're creating a meeting from your Outlook account, you might be able to see when people are free or busy, and schedule a meeting according to their availability. To do this, tap or click Scheduling assistant. This is only available if your workplace uses Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1 or Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview. Ask your network admin for this information.

If you want to make this a recurring event, tap or click Show more and enter the required details.

Add your Outlook.com account to Calendar. If you have your contacts' birthdays in their contact info, you should be able to see their birthdays. If you don't, you can edit their contact info. To learn how, see Contact list management in Outlook.com.